Volatile-liquid burner.



T. D. DICKINSON.

VOLATILE LIQUID BURNER.

APPLICATION men JAN. 30, 1915.

1,147,6 1 7. Patented July 20, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern; 5

Be it known that I, .THo ns D. DICKIN- soN, a citizen of theUnitedStates, residing at Newcastle, inthe'ico'unty ofHenry and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsv in Volatile-Liquid Burners; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to. makeand use thesame.

This invention relates to' burners for utilizing volatile liquid forheating; .purposes, and the primary object'of the invention is toprovide a burner asfspecified' which has a novel form ofair mixerassociated therewith, for properly mixing the air and the volatile gasesto insure the proper combustion of the same'. & i

Anotherobject of the invention is toprovide a mixer which will feed airto the gas,

transversely of'the= directi'onof travel of the gas.

With the foregoing and .other objects in view this invention .consistsin such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will-be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the-accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in deta l reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a side elevation of the improved volatile fuel burner, Fig. 2 is avertical sectional View through the burner, Fig. 3 is a plan view of oneof the air baflle plates, and Fig. 1 is a detail enlargedsectional viewthrough the mixer of theburner.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the supportingbase'of the burner, which is preferably circular in plan, but it may bemade in any desired shape.

The base 1 has depending legs 2 formed thereupon, for supporting thesame above a,-

permanent support, I l

' A transversely extending top or upper end 3 of the supporting base 1has a volatile fuel retaining tank 4 connected thereto, to the uppersurface of which is secureda wick retaining sleeve 5. The wick retainingsleeve 5 is secured to the centralportion of the top of the volatilefuel retaining receptacle 4.

The sleeve 5 has aWick guiding sleeve 6 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente d July 20, 1915. Application filed January 30, 19 1 s., SerialNo. 5,285. a a r positioned centrally therein, which sleeve extendsdownwardly through the receptacle 4t and communicates with tli'eatmosphere underneatlrthe bottom of thereceptacle, as is clearly shownin Fig. 2 of theldrawings. A

tubular capillarywi'ck 7.is+posi'tioned between the sleeves .5 and (Sandextends down. wardly into the interior of" the receptacle 4. The sleeve5 has "a mixer-lOre'movably mounted upon its upper end, which; mixercomprises a pair of horizontally disposed :0"

disks 11 and 12, which are conn'ectedto each 1 other by means of tubes13.- The disk 12 has I provides for the products-of combustion to passupwardly through the disk and into a tubular flue 16. The tubular flue16 is illustrated in the drawings as being composed of a plurality ofconnected lengths of metallic tubing, but it is to be understood thatthe same may be constructedofasinglepiece if it is'so desired or anynumber of lengths of tubing, without departing from the spirit of'thisinvention. The lowermost section 17 of the tubing 16, has radiallyextending tongues 18 formed upon the lower end thereof, which tongueslie in engagement with the upper surface of the disk 11, and are bentover the periphery of the disk and into engagement with the lowersurface of the same, for securely holding the section 17 of the flueconnected to the baflie disk 11.

A housing '20 is supported by the base 1 and extends upward-ly'about thewick carrying tube, the mixer and the flue16. The

housing 20 is provided with circumferen-- tially' spaced perforations 21formed in the upper and lower endsof the same, which perforations permitof the inlet of theproper amount of air into the interior of the casingto insure the proper combustion of the volatile fuel fed upwardly by thecapil- 'lary wick 7. The housing 20 has a substantially rectangularshaped opening 22 formed in the side thereof, which has substantiallyU-shaped guideways 23 arranged along the 7 vertical marginal edges ofthe same, in which guideways is, slidably seated a door 24. The door 24forms a closure for the opening 22, and when in an open position permitsof the igniting of the volatile fuel as it passes upwardly from theupper end of the wick 7, into and between the baffle plates 12.

Any suitable ing or lowering the wick 7 may be employed, and also anysuitable type of means may be employed for forming a closure for theinlet opening 25 of the receptacle 4:-

In the operation of the improved volatile fuel burner: The receptacle 4:is first filled with any desired type of volatile fuel, which fuel isfed upwardly through the wick 7, to the up )er ends of the sleeves 5 and6. The wick is then adjusted so that its upper end will extend a shortdistance above the upper ends of the sleeves 5 and 6. When the fuel isignited, at the upper end of the wick 7, the proper combustion of thesame will be insured by air mixing with the fuel, between thehorizontally disposed disks 11 and 12. Further air will be fed upwardlyfor mixture with the fuel, through the sleeve 6, which will insure ofthe proper mixture of air and volatile fuel to insure the propercombustion and best results from the fuel used.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the advantages of construction and the method of operation ofthe improved volatile burner will be readily apparent to those skilledin the art to which this invention appertains and, while in theforegoing detype of mechanism for raisv scription, the principle of theoperation of this invention has been described together with variousfeatures of construction, it is to be understood that certain minorfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may bealtered to suit practical conditions provided such alterations arecomprehended Within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is In a burner for volatile fuel, a supporting base, avolatile fuel retaining tank carried by said base, a wick sleeve securedto and extending upwardly from the upper surface of said receptacle, awick guiding sleeve extending through and upwardly from said receptacleinteriorly of said retaining sleeve, said guiding sleeve havingcommunication with the atmosphere beneath said receptacle, a capillarywick positioned between said sleeves and extending into said receptacle,a pair of horizontally disposed spaced disks detachably connected to theupper end of said wick guiding sleeve, a tubular flue con nected to oneof said disks and extending upwardly therefrom, and an inclosing housingcarried by said supporting base and positioned about said sleeve andsaid flue.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS D. DICKINSON.

Witnesses:

ALBERT D. OGBORN, ERNEST DUNCAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

